Parker seventh, Duncan fourth in first round of All-Star voting

San Antonio’s Tony Parker, enjoying yet another stellar season after finishing fifth in last year’s MVP voting, stands seventh among Western Conference guards.

Seventh.

It’s one thing to trail Kobe Bryant and Chris Paul, superstars playing in a prime market. Young guns James Harden and Russell Westbrook are understandable as well. And even though it’s not justifiable, Jeremy Lin’s spot in the voting is easy enough to figure out.

But Steve Nash, after playing in a grand total of two games for the Lakers? With nearly half as many votes, 69,983 to Nash’s 118,073?

In the end, it probably isn’t going to matter where Parker sits in the voting. Bryant and Paul are mortal locks to start, after which Parker, averaging 19 points and 7.6 assists, should be a heavy favorite to earn his fifth All-Star nod as a reserve.

The lack of respect still isn’t any less jarring, even after Parker’s slow start.

If we went purely by stats, Duncan would be an easy choice among the three front-court starters as well. But due to the popularity of the three players ahead of him — Kevin Durant, Dwight Howard, Blake Griffin — it doesn’t look like he’ll get that honor either.

Which is probably just as well for a man who’s already played in 13 All-Star Games. But like Parker, Duncan (17.9 points, 10.4 rebounds, 2.6 blocks) is also virtually guaranteed of earning a reserve invitation, which he could probably take or leave at this stage of his career.

The only other Spur mentioned in the release is Manu Ginobili, who is in a distant ninth among West guards with just 47,800 votes — 98 percent of which probably came from the AT&T Center. He’s only ever played in two other All-Star Games, and he just hasn’t done enough to earn an invitation to his third.